Question

In the figure below, triangle ABC is similar to triangle PQR:

A right triangle ABC with right angle at B and base BC is drawn. Length of AB is 4, length of BC is 2. A similar right triangle; triangle PQR, which is triangle ABC enlarged and reflected across a horizontal line, is drawn near it. The right angle is at Q. Angle A is congruent to angle P and angle C is congruent to angle R. The length of QR is 12.

What is the length of side PQ?

48
24
40
18

Answer 1

The length of PQ is 24

Explanation:

If you flip triangle PQR upside down the you can see which side corresponds to which. BC corresponds to QR and AB with PQ, the scalar is 6 because of BC (2) times 6 = QR (12). So you just have to do 4 times 6 which is 24.